UP: Honorarium of education friends may increase before elections, has not increased for four years, gets honorarium of 10 thousand rupees

The UP government can increase the honorarium of Shiksha Mitras before the assembly elections. The Basic Education Department has given full details to the government including the honorarium being given to 1.46 lakh education friends, financial India on the government. The honorarium of Shiksha Mitras has not been increased for almost four years. Presently, he is getting an honorarium of Rs 10,000. According to sources, the honorarium may increase by two to four thousand rupees.

In the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra of the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP had assured to solve the problem of education friends through judicial methods in three months. In July 2017, after the decision of the Supreme Court, 1.36 lakh Shiksha Mitras had to be made Shiksha Mitra again by canceling the adjustment on the post of Assistant Teacher. However, after the movement of Shiksha Mitras, the government increased his honorarium from Rs 3,500 to Rs 10,000 a month. The government had formed a committee under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma to solve their demands and problems. The committee has submitted its report.

According to experts, in view of the elections, in order to remove the displeasure of the education friends, it has been decided to increase their honorarium in the meeting of the government and the organization. For this, the government had asked for many information, which has been handed over by the Basic Education Department. A decision on this can be taken in the high-level meeting of the organization in August.

The details of the number of education friends and the honorarium being given to them were sought from the government. Full details have been sent.